Title
Plato on the Human Paradox / Robert J. O'Connell.
ISBN
9780823296385
Published
New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2021]
Copyright
©1997
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (184 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1515/9780823296385 doi
Summary
A great thinker once said that "all philosophy is merely footnotes to Plato."Through Plato, Father O'Connell provides us here with an introduction to all philosophy. Designed for beginning students in philosophy, Plato on the Human Paradox examines and confronts human nature and the eternal questions concerning human nature through the dialogues of Plato, focusing on the Apology, Phaedo, Books III-VI of the Republic, Meno, Symposium, and O'Connell presents us here with an introduction to Plato through the philosopher's quest to define "human excellence" or arete in terms of defining what "human being" is body and soul, focusing on Plato's preoccupations with the questions of how and what it means to have a "good life" in relation to or as opposed to a "moral life."
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
Available in Other Form
print 9780823217588
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Arete, or Human Excellence
2 God, the Gods, and Moral Cosmos in Socrates's Apology
3 From Belief and Opinion to "Knowledge"
4 Plato's World of Ideal Realities
5 Body, Soul, and Immortality
6 Arete, Freedom, and Eudaemonia
Appendix: A Note on the "Machine Universe"
A Selective Bibliography on Plato's Thought
Some Greek Historical Background
